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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 2005, 4:01 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2005, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 252 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 262101 TORMOB FLC113-262130- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0060.050926T2101Z-050926T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 401 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 359 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR AVALON BEACH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...GARCON POINT AT 420 PM CDT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3061 8711 3055 8720 3037 8705 3043 8696 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 262129 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 425 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005 FLC113-262130- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-050926T2130Z/ SANTA ROSA FL- 422 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY... AT 419 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT A LARGE FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING SOUTHWARD OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY NEAR GARSON POINT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG ROTATION WITH A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF AVALON BEACH...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH. PERSONS LIVING IN THE PATH OF THIS FUNNEL CLOUD SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS EAST BAY...BEL ALEX ESTATES...SANTA ROSA SOUND AND SANTA ROSA BEACH THROUGH 430 PM. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3061 8711 3055 8720 3037 8705 3043 8696 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 9:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 24 min |
| Sep 26, 9:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 26 min |
| Sep 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 33 min |
| Sep 26, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 29 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.